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Petar Hektorović

1487 - 1572

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Petar Hektorović (1487 – 13 March 1572) was a Croatian writer and polymath. Hektorović, also known as Pietro Ettoreo or Piero Hettoreo, was born and died in Stari Grad, Hvar. He was a poet and collector of Hvar's fishermen songs, and an important figure of the Renaissance period in Croatian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petar Hektorović has received more than 38,079 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Petar Hektorović is the 2,578th most popular writer, the 128th most popular biography from Croatia and the 13th most popular Croatian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petar Hektorović ranks 2,578 out of 5,755Before him are Cornelis de Bruijn, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Benjamin Fondane, Abu-l-'Atahiya, Horace McCoy, and Shūji Terayama. After him are August von Platen-Hallermünde, Béla Király, Đura Jakšić, John Moschus, Gustave Kahn, and Sulpicia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, Petar Hektorović ranks 12Before him are Petru Rareș, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Michael Stifel, Anna of Brandenburg, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, and Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Macropedius, Cristóbal de Olid, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, and Giovanni da Udine. Among people deceased in 1572, Petar Hektorović ranks 21Before him are Petrus Ramus, Miguel López de Legazpi, Ippolito II d'Este, Moses Isserles, Jean Goujon, and Claude Goudimel. After him are Galeazzo Alessi, Aegidius Tschudi, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Petar Hektorović ranks 128 out of 589Before him are Franjo Šeper (1905), Josip Belušić (1847), Savka Dabčević-Kučar (1923), Jakov Gotovac (1895), Toni Kukoč (1968), and Mirko Jozić (1940). After him are George Martinuzzi (1482), Nicholas Tavelic (1340), Slaven Bilić (1968), Georg von Trapp (1880), Goran Ivanišević (1971), and Zlatko Kranjčar (1956).

Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Petar Hektorović ranks 13Before him are Petar Zrinski (1621), Marin Držić (1508), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Tin Ujević (1891), and Slavenka Drakulić (1949). After him are Petar Preradović (1818), Niccolò Tommaseo (1802), August Šenoa (1838), Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), Antun Vrančić (1504), and Branko Radičević (1824).